Trimming the Fat from 24 Hour News

Decode the News is a podcast thats focused on breaking down the week's major news stories on a critical level, and giving you cutting edge sociological tools to better help you critically consume the media.

This is not a weekly digest. It is not a show where you will hear the same talking points from yet another perspective. Instead, this is a weekly analysis on the way the news shapes you with the goal of teaching you how to recognize what and why that is happening.

Every week, Dr. Zee explains a new method of critical analysis and shows you how to use those new skills by analyzing a major story in that week's news. She is assisted in this task by co-producer Jamie, a former corporate lawyer.

If you're on the fence, here are some testimonials from real listeners to DTN.

You will go from saying ‘the way Anderson Cooper reported and framed this story doesn’t feel right and I can’t pin down why,’ to saying ‘this is awful and Anderson Cooper, you may be a silver haired fox but, I can’t stand the way that you put everything into the strategy game frame. I will watch you for your looks, but that’s it!’

Anglo-Saxon from iTunes

Here is an intelligent voice that isn’t elitist, showing you how the news works but not telling you what to think, full of great research and humor without any of the usual partisan BS.

Loraine from iTunes

Media is not created in a vacuum. Zee understands the forces that shape news, both implicit and explicit. Her ability to create meta-narratives around news coverage brings focus and context to the listener, which fosters understanding both of news events and news coverage.

Baron from iTunes

With so much information out there, it’s fantastic having a podcast that cuts the fat from all of it. I’d strongly recommend to anyone.

Dutch from iTunes

Challenging, high quality and a clarion call to critical thinking regarding the media.

Annulian from iTunes

Dr. Zee is the forensic pathologist of news.

Mutatis from iTunes

Definitely something most of us need, especially now. In a world of media bias, corporate media, “social” media and “fake news”, we should all take a step back and start considering what is actually happening in the news of today.

Lets talk Russia, Wikileaks and Trump. July 2015 – Russian hackers breach the DNC. The US intelligence committee agrees this was orchestrated by the Kremlin. March 6, 2016 – George Papadopoulos becomes a Trump Campaign advisor. March 2016 – Russian hackers again breach the DNC. US intelligence reports that the hacked information was then provided to WikiLeaks. March 14, 2016… Read more →

I wasn’t always liberal. There was a time when I was a “ditto-head.” Being fully absorbed by Talk Radio culture during my childhood has given me a unique perspective on something that is often treated as a side-show, but is actually having a shockingly large impact upon American culture and the future of our democracy. – J Read more →